The Florida Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
Photo credit: NOAA
Marco Giuliano/Fondazione Cetacea
The Endangered Reptiles of Florida
The Turtles of Florida
Turtle is yok-che in the
Seminole
language.
Endangered or Threatened Florida Sea Turtles
Endangered or Threatened Florida Freshwater Turtles
June 29, 2009
One very special Biologist and the mission his
life has become:
Crossing dangerous roads kill thousands of Turtles
June 18, 2009
And finally, the end of the road for those who
hunt and sell our wildlife without regard:
No more Florida Wild Turtle soup
April 16, 2009
In Tallahassee yesterday, a measure was approved that will
provide a much needed life line to Florida's Wild
Turtles:
Florida Leads the Way for Freshwater Turtles
A Bid to Forbid Turtle Hunting
It is a start!
March 2009
Wild Turtles in Florida are facing an enemy right now,
one like no other in their history,
the
Chinese.
Asians who have already eliminated their Turtles Species,
are now raiding our Country and buying ours by the
pound.
The future of this Florida Reptile is in grave danger.
A
proposal from FFWCC to stop this is in the works,
but will it come in time?
With all that is going on in the world,
how many people still care about the life of a Turtle?
If you do care about this, a vote on a bill proposed by
Senator Bill Nelson will take place in Tallahassee on April
15.
You can tell FWC how you feel by sending them an email:
turtles@MYFWC.com
As we live inland in the Ocala National Forest,
we do not have the easy access to Sea Turtles
that others here in Florida do.
What we do have are our Gopher Tortoises.
They are on the list below with other Florida Turtles,
all of of which are in one form of peril or another.
There are
twenty six Turtle Species in Florida,
falling into these basic types:
eighteen are
Freshwater five are
Sea Turtles
one is a Brackish Water Terrapin
and lastly the Gopher and Box
Tortoises,
who don't really care much for water at all.
Endangered or Threatened Florida Sea Turtles
Endangered or Threatened Florida Freshwater Turtles
Places to learn more:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission:
Sea Turtles
MFWC Turtle Nesting:
Sea-turtles/nesting/green-turtle
Sea-turtles/nesting/leatherback
Sea-turtles/nesting/loggerhead
thank you Beth~
Unique information concerning the
travels of Sea Turtles from NOVA:
Magnetic Storms
General Sea Turtle Information:
US Fish & Wildlife
Sea
Turtle Fast Facts
Sea
Turtle Information
Other Sea Turtle web sites:
Canaveral
National SeaShore
EPA Turtle Page
FWS- Marine Turtle Program
Florida
Sea Turtles
Florida Sea Turtles
Sea Turtles
Sea Turtle Protection
Sea Turtle Conservation
The NOAA Sea Turtle Page
Volusia County
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